StoryNory Various Fairy Tales

Various Fairy Tales

Fairy tales from the world over including some of the famous English stories such as, Dicking Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Three Little Pigs. Also some very sweet stories from Japan.
English United Kingdom Arts · Kids & Family
1,736 Episodes
1280 – 1300

The Ugly Boatman

A story from Vietnam about a fisherman who plays a bamboo flute - if only his face was as beautiful as his music !
Season 0 / Episode 8 min

Dido and Aeneas

The Roman legend that packs plenty of adventure and tragic love is acted by Natasha Gostwick and Richard Scott.
Season 0 / Episode 27 min

Chap 3, The Polite Princess

Princess Talia is a college student who does not seem to fit in. Her friend Sally encourages her to watch a football match, and Talia decides that her fellow students could be more polite.
Season 0 / Episode 15 min

Three Donkey Fables

Donkeys are famous for being stubborn. These three funny fables show you how humans get on with their asinine friends. A  big thank you to our fantastic sponsors https://outschool.com/storynory and https://littlepassports.com (promo code 'story')  Take advantage of our discounts for these great companies. 
Season 0 / Episode 16 min

Bertie and the Boot Camp

Natasha tells us how Bertie was sent to a outdoor training "Boot Camp" and survived to tell the tale.
Season 0 / Episode 16 min

Silent Night

Silent Night was first sung in public on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in Austria A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, wrote the lyrics. The music for voice and guitar was composed by Franz  Gruber, a school teacher.   Silent Night was first sung…
Season 0 / Episode 2 min

Sifu and the Legend of the Monkey King

The second part of our series about Sifu and Theo the Monkey. Theo fails to turn up for his first Kung Fu lesson, and Sifu tells Neet the chinese legend that inspired him to take up Kung Fu.
Season 0 / Episode 18 min

The Dutch Hotel - Déjà Vu

Have you ever walked into a place and thought, "I've seen this before" - even when you know you've never been there. This episode of our spooky series The Dutch Hotel explains why you might get that feeling sometimes.  This story is dedicated to Adam, Yarden & Neta who asked…
Season 0 / Episode 19 min

The Monkey King (Journey to the West)

Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) is a born from a stone egg on Flower Fruit Mountain. He seeks immortality and invincible  strength in battle. Soon the Jade Emperor in Heaven hears about all the trouble is creating on Earth and decides to give him a job to keep him an…
Season 0 / Episode 15 min

Halloween on the Pond Redux

It's Halloween on the pond, and Tim the Tadpole is feeling scared. A Story from our archive to celebrate 20 years of Storynory! - Read by Natasha and written by Bertie. Cover art by Sophie Green.Look out for our new website coming up soon.
Season 0 / Episode 13 min

Katie and the Cat Teacher

Katie is learning Latin - the language of the ancient Romans - at school. What's the point of this deadbeat language? Her mother says there is every point to learning Latin, especially if you are a witch who needs to understand magic. And as Katie is not making much progress,…
Season 0 / Episode 14 min

The Town Musicians of Bremen

This amusing story by the Brothers Grimm is about four farm animals who believe they can earn a good living as musicians. But it isn't really by the sweetness of their barking, braying, mewing, and cockle-doodle-doing that gets their supper. Read by Natasha.  Visit Storynory https://www.storynory.com/the-town-musicians-of-breman/ . for the full…
Season 0 / Episode 10 min

The Ugly Boatman

The Ugly Boatman, a romantic story from Vietnam   There was once a lonely fisherman by the name of Troung Chi. Every  evening, he sat in the back of his  boat, and glided down the river.  As he sailed, he played upon his flute that was made of bamboo, and…
Season 0 / Episode 8 min
1280 – 1300